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title: חָדֵל — forbearing · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָדֵל (2310), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: forbearing. BDB 1906: adj. Qal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָדֵל

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«חָדֵל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **forbearing** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 2310 · **BDB:** חָדֵל

### Glosses

rejected (1); transient (1); who.refrains (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

forbearing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2310/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2310/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. forbearing, lacking, הֶחָדֵל as subst. Ez 3:27 he that forbeareth (opp. שׁמע, cf. חָדֵל Qal ad fin.); cstr. חֲדַל אִישִׁים Is 53:3 lacking men (i.e. forsaken by them);—ceasing, transient מֶה־חָדֵל אָ֑נִי ψ 39:5, but read rather חֶלֶד, v. Checrit. n.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָדֵל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2310/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 39:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.39.5/)

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הוֹדִ֘יעֵ֤נִי יְהוָ֨ה ׀ קִצִּ֗י וּמִדַּ֣ת יָמַ֣י מַה־הִ֑יא אֵ֝דְעָ֗ה מֶה־חָדֵ֥ל אָֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* make known.to.me O.Yahweh end my and the.measure my.days my what? \[is\].it let.me.know how! transient \[am\].I

*JPS 1917:* 'LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; let me know how short-lived I am.

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[Isaiah 53:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.53.3/)

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נִבְזֶה֙ וַחֲדַ֣ל אִישִׁ֔ים אִ֥ישׁ מַכְאֹב֖וֹת וִיד֣וּעַ חֹ֑לִי וּכְמַסְתֵּ֤ר פָּנִים֙ מִמֶּ֔נּוּ נִבְזֶ֖ה וְלֹ֥א חֲשַׁבְנֻֽהוּ׃

*Word for word:* \[he.was\].despised and rejected of.people a.man of.pains and.\[one\] acquainted of.sickness and like a.hiding of.face from him \[he.was\].despised and not we valued.him

*JPS 1917:* He was despised, and forsaken of men, a man of pains, and acquainted with disease, and as one from whom men hide their face: he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

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